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The schaefer Surname

schaefer Name Meaning and History

German (Schäfer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a shepherd, from an agent derivative of German Schaf, Middle High German schaf ‘sheep’. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.

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Distribution of schaefer Families in the US in 1920
Number of schaefer families
 510-1018
 171-509
 1-170
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